Over 60 Vendors at Nigerian Entrepreneurs showcase in Regina
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More than 60 vendors set up shop at the Nigerian Entrepreneur Summer Hangout in Kiwanis Park in Regina.
What started as a WhatsApp group only three years ago, has blossomed into much more.
Ola Sanusi is the organizer of Nigerian Entrepreneurs Summer Hangout (NESH). She started it in 2020 as a group on WhatsApp. In 2021, the first NESH event had only eight vendors, but on Saturday, more than 60 participated in the showcase at Kiwanis Park in Regina.
Vendors sold clothing, food, jewelry and beauty products.
Sanusi moved to Canada in 2019 from Nigeria, and is the founder of Entrepreneurs and More, the non-profit hosting Saturday’s event.
Although Nigerian in name, the hangout invites Black entrepreneurs of various backgrounds, including African countries and the Caribbean, to network and sell their products.
“We have to do more,” Sanusi said “I don’t want to restrict myself to Nigerians, I want to go beyond that and that’s why I’m extending myself to Black entrepreneurs. I’m very happy. My vision is coming to reality.”
As someone whose goal is to help and support others, she looks forward to growing the event in the coming years.
For young Black entrepreneurs like Shalom Okegeo, she says the representation NESH offers, really matters.
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